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by 35997279 1113 days ago
This page mentions they were forced to sell their land, of course at a much lower price than they would have gotten. They also weren’t allowed to take their pets, which the page says “were destroyed.” [0].

Shameful. This country took its own citizens, locked them up, stole their land and shot their dogs — without a trial.

https://www.paloaltohistory.org/japanese-american-internment...

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…of course the US still has officials (police) that act as literal highway robbers, systematically robbing people driving through small towns. With the loot going to local police departments, and local govt/judiciary complicit in the system. Or has the civil forfeiture issue been resolved?